Pattern for drawers



(Model.)

B. E. LOWEL,

PATTERN FOR DRAWERS.

No. 430,532. Patented June 17, 1890.

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ROBERT E. LOIVE, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK.

PATTERN FOR DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,532., dated June 17, 1890.

I Application filed April 8, 1889. Serial No. 306,438. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. LOWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamaica, (Richmond ]'Iill,) Queens county State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bifurcated Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bifurcated garments, such as childrens and other drawers; and the objects of my invention are, first, to promote economy of the ma terial used to make the garments, and, sec- 0nd, to provide a garment which is seamless at the crotch and seat and has the necessary fullness at the seat, thereby making the scatstronger and more durable and less liable to rip or tear in use.

\Vith these ends in view my invention comprises a pattern for bifurcated garments, consisting of the leg-pieces having the straight parallel side edges between the points 0 c and d d, the inwardly-curved edges between the points 0 c and d d, and the curved edges h at one end, and the seat and crotch piece having the straight edge at one end thereof, the curved side edges which diverge from said straight edge outward or laterally from each other until they reach the widest part of said piece, said side edges then converging from said widest part and meeting in a point at the opposite end from the straight edge of the seat and crotch piece. This continuous seat and crotch piece is pointed at one end and gradually widens from its pointed end until it passes the middle, from which point. it again decreases in width slightly, so that the opposite end of the center piece from the pointed end is quite wide, and by the use of this peculiarly-formed center piece I am enabled to make the seat of the garment quite full and loose, which is advantageous, as it obviates ripping or tearing of the seat and forms a seamless seat and crotch.

To enable others to more readily understand my invention, I will now proceed to a detailed description thereof in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or diagrammatic view illustrating the manner of cutting the legs and center piece of the garment from a single width or one-half of a width of a piece of cloth. Fig. 2 is a front View of a completed of the garment and the manner of securing the same together to form the completed garment, reference being more particularly had to Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The patterns or legs before they are made up to form a part of the garment are shown at A A in Fig. 1, and the center piece 13 is shown between the contiguous edges of the patterns or legs, this View illustrating the manner in which the patterns are placed to serve as a guide for cutting the legs and center piece of the garment from a piece or width of cloth with very little waste of the cloth.

Each pattern is exactly the same in size and shape, and each has its side edges 0 (I made straight and parallel for the greater part. of the length of the pattern, said straight edges extending from the waist to the points 0 c and (l (1, respectively. From the points 0 c and (Z d the side edges of the pattern are curved inward slightly toward the medial line of the pattern to cause the leg of the garment, when the edges between the points 0 c and (Z (Z are united together, to conform to the desired shape of the garment. The

edge g at one end of the pattern is at right angles to the side edges 0 (1 thereof; but the edge h at the opposite end of the pattern is curved between the points 6 f, as shown. The curved edge h of the pattern begins at the side 0 and extends inwardly toward the pattern until it reaches the medial line of the pattern, or a little beyond said line, at the point 71,, and then the edge gradually bends or curves outward again as it approaches the side (Z of the pattern.

To out two legs and the seat of a garment from a single piece or width of cloth without waste, the patterns A A are placed. on the cloth with the curved ends h 71, thereof in ICO proxiniitv to 'each other, and the cloth is. cut aronndthe edges of the pattern, thus leaving between the patterns A A the tapering center piece B, which is utilized to form the seat and crotch of the garment, instead of leaving scraps or waste between the patterns. After the legs and center piece have been out as specified each leg is doubled or folded upon itself, and the curved side edges thereof between the points 0 c and d (l' are united together by sewing, thus completing the leg of the garment. The legs are joined together and the seat and crotch formed by the center piece B, the wide end of which between the points f f is placed at the waist of the garment, while the pointed end e of said piece is extended around from the back to the front of the garment and at the point of bifurcation thereof to form the continuous seamless seat and crotch. The edges of the wide portion of the piece B at the back of the garment are united to the continuous edges of the legs A A, and the tapered or pointed end of the piece B is united at the front of the garment to the edges of the legs as far as the tapered or pointed end of the piece B extends, the contiguous edges of the legs A A at the front of the garment being united to each other from the termination of the piece B to the waistband of the garment. (See Fig. 2.) The waistband is now put on and the garment finished in the ordinary manner.

By the use of the tapering piece 13, which has its broad part united to the legs at the hack of the garment and extends from the Waistband to and around the point of bifurcation of the legs, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, I am enabled to produce a garment having a continuous seamless seat and crotch, and the seat has the desired fullness, which obviates ripping or tearing of the garment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described pattern for bifurcated garments, consisting of the leg-pieces having the straight parallel side edges between the points 0 c and (Z (l, the inwardly-curved edges between the points 0 c and cl d, and the curved edges h at one end, and the seat and crotch piece having the straight edge at one end thereof, the curved side edges which diverge from said straight edge outward or laterally from each other until they reach the widest part of said piece, said side edges then converging from said widest part and meeting in a point at the opposite end from the straight edge of said seat and crotch, as and for the purposes set forth.

ROBERT E. LOWE.

\Vitnesses:

WM. SIDNEY, RICHARD HAYS. 

